Tag: Kelowna

What do you know about Chardonnay Clone 95? It is originally from Burgundy, and is grown by Spearhead Winery in Kelowna, BC. Clone 95 makes full-bodied, intensely flavoured, medium yield Chardonnay clusters. Spearhead Winery barrel ferments this wine in 100% French oak, 40% new, and ages it on it’s lees for 10 months and undergoes a partial malolactic fermentation. You…

BC does great Riesling.  Our dry hot summer days followed by chill desert nights allows the fruit to fully ripen while keeping the acidity in the grapes.  Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery in West Kelowna provided me with a bottle of their 2019 Riesling to review and it did not disappoint.  A flavourful delicate wine.  Enjoy. My Tasting Notes Mt. Boucherie…

I have been a fan of Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery since it first opened and I visited the Okanagan many years ago. I still have a bottle of their 2003 Summit Reserve Semillon that they made once made. They have vineyards both in West Kelowna and also further south in the Similkameen Valley  The grapes for the Pinot Gris come…

Around every 4 years there is a big change in members of curling teams, with a key person from BC going to Alberta, Alberta to Manitoba, and so forth, to make the team stronger and to typically to prepare for the next Winter Olympics.  Winemakers seem to change fairly regularly whether they move to a different province or a different…

Who is Rust Wine Co? Do you remember the Rustico Winery in the Okanagan?  Rust Wine Co is the winery that was formed from Rustico.  Rust gets its name from the flaky iron oxide that formed on some old farm equipment on the Golden Mile Bench property.  They have five vineyards planted as far back as 1973 that are located…

BC’s wine regions, in my opinion, can be categorized as either a very cool, cool, warm, or hot climate.  Vancouver Island and the Fraser Valley I’d put into the very cool category.  Lake Country would be cool.  North Okanagan and the Kootenays, I’d regard as cool to warm.  South Okanagan, Similkameen, and Kamloops to Lillooet as hot.  These regions can…

Spring has sprung, and hopefully, we will have a chance to enjoy it on our patios, 2m away from everyone else.  I recently received three bottles of newly released wines from SpearHead Winery in Kelowna to kick-off Spring that will make self-isolation feel not too bad.  Let me tell you about these three wines from the new 2019 vintage. About…

What were you doing in 2000?  If it was just before January 1, you were probably worrying about all our computers and anything running with a computer chip and code stops running when the clocks turned to “00”.  Luckily we all survived.  This was a rare event. Another rare event is vintage Champagne; that is Champagne made with a year…

Mt. Boucherie Estate Winery is located in West Kelowna, not too far away from Mission Hill Family Estate Winery.  It has been around for many years (winery started in 2001 with the vineyards in 1968) and I have recommended their wines in the past.  I still have a bottle of their 2003 Summit Reserve Semillon, which was aged in oak…

Its Spring, and time for releases of white and rosé wines from across BC.  SpearHead Winery in Kelowna is one of the wineries that produce quality wines every year.  I always look forward to tasting their wines.  Last year we were surprised when they released their first White Pinot Noir, which if it was blind tasted, you would guess as…